Paradox of voting

Downs' paradox of voting - larger the electorate, the less each vote matters. Article "Paradox of voting" in English Wikipedia has 26.4 points for quality (as of August 1, 2024). The article contains 8 references and 4 sections.

This article has the best quality in Arabic Wikipedia. However, this article is the most popular in English version.

Since the creation of article "Paradox of voting", its content was written by 51 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 76 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 177 times in English Wikipedia and cited 351 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #51427 in April 2017
• Global: #161553 in May 2023

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #121431 in November 2016
• Global: #218591 in November 2016

There are 8 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from August 1, 2024 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	Arabic (ar) مفارقة التصويت		28.8796
2	Czech (cs) Volební paradox		28.247
3	English (en) Paradox of voting		26.36
4	Croatian (hr) Paradoks glasovanja		23.2226
5	Catalan (ca) Model de Downs		22.94
6	Armenian (hy) Քվեարկության պարադոքս		22.7743
7	Korean (ko) 다운스의 역설		20.8282
8	French (fr) Paradoxe du vote		9.3549

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Paradox of voting" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Paradox of voting		443 970
2	French (fr) Paradoxe du vote		16 961
3	Arabic (ar) مفارقة التصويت		1 894
4	Croatian (hr) Paradoks glasovanja		1 159
5	Czech (cs) Volební paradox		897
6	Korean (ko) 다운스의 역설		446
7	Catalan (ca) Model de Downs		72
8	Armenian (hy) Քվեարկության պարադոքս		31

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Paradox of voting" in July 2024

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Paradox of voting		2 478
2	French (fr) Paradoxe du vote		174
3	Korean (ko) 다운스의 역설		28
4	Czech (cs) Volební paradox		21
5	Croatian (hr) Paradoks glasovanja		8
6	Arabic (ar) مفارقة التصويت		3
7	Catalan (ca) Model de Downs		2
8	Armenian (hy) Քվեարկության պարադոքս		1

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Paradox of voting" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Paradox of voting		51
2	French (fr) Paradoxe du vote		10
3	Czech (cs) Volební paradox		4
4	Armenian (hy) Քվեարկության պարադոքս		4
5	Croatian (hr) Paradoks glasovanja		3
6	Arabic (ar) مفارقة التصويت		2
7	Catalan (ca) Model de Downs		1
8	Korean (ko) 다운스의 역설		1

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Paradox of voting" with the highest AI in July 2024

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	French (fr) Paradoxe du vote		1
2	Arabic (ar) مفارقة التصويت		0
3	Catalan (ca) Model de Downs		0
4	Czech (cs) Volební paradox		0
5	English (en) Paradox of voting		0
6	Croatian (hr) Paradoks glasovanja		0
7	Armenian (hy) Քվեարկության պարադոքս		0
8	Korean (ko) 다운스의 역설		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Paradox of voting" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Paradox of voting		177
2	Arabic (ar) مفارقة التصويت		90
3	Armenian (hy) Քվեարկության պարադոքս		70
4	Czech (cs) Volební paradox		6
5	French (fr) Paradoxe du vote		4
6	Catalan (ca) Model de Downs		3
7	Korean (ko) 다운스의 역설		1
8	Croatian (hr) Paradoks glasovanja		0

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic مفارقة التصويت
ca	Catalan Model de Downs
cs	Czech Volební paradox
en	English Paradox of voting
fr	French Paradoxe du vote
hr	Croatian Paradoks glasovanja
hy	Armenian Քվեարկության պարադոքս
ko	Korean 다운스의 역설

Best Rank

English: #121431 11.2016

Global: #218591 11.2016

Best Rank

English: #51427 04.2017

Global: #161553 05.2023

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